. Familiar garden flowers . Flowers; Plants, Ornamental; Floriculture. 76 FAMILIAR GARDEN FLOWERS. thickly clothed with a leafy setting for its brilliant blue Mowers. This requires a boggy soil, and in making a bed for it, spongy peat should be selected. The swallowwort gentian (G. asclepiadea) is a free- growing, herbaceous plant, bearing blue or white flowers on long leafy sprays. It will thrive in a moist loam or peat, and appears always to be happiest when slightly shaded. The crested gentian (G. septemjida) is a very fine plaut, of moderate growth; the flowers are set in clusters, the col
. Familiar garden flowers . Flowers; Plants, Ornamental; Floriculture. 76 FAMILIAR GARDEN FLOWERS. thickly clothed with a leafy setting for its brilliant blue Mowers. This requires a boggy soil, and in making a bed for it, spongy peat should be selected. The swallowwort gentian (G. asclepiadea) is a free- growing, herbaceous plant, bearing blue or white flowers on long leafy sprays. It will thrive in a moist loam or peat, and appears always to be happiest when slightly shaded. The crested gentian (G. septemjida) is a very fine plaut, of moderate growth; the flowers are set in clusters, the colours being blue and white within, and greenish-brown without, while the alternate petals are finely fringed. This gentian requires moist, sandy peat. The easiest mode of increasing gentians is to divide the roots, but this should never be done until the plants have spread in large patches, for it is difficult to keep small pieces alive. The three that have first place in our list afford seed in plenty, and to raise a stock of plants is at once a simple and entertaining Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Hibberd, Shirley, 1825-1890; Hulme, F. Edward (Frederick Edward), 1841-1909. London : Cassell
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